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You: What do you mean miss you? You are here seldom enough that we wouldn’t know you are missing.

Ah, yes. Well I have been missing for about a week and a half now.

Apparently, gall stones in your bile duct is NOT a good thing.

It all started a week ago last Monday night. I got up to pee and I fell.

Security guys came and picked me up and I was fine but weak.

Then, a few hours later, I got up a second time and fell again.

Security guys came then called the EMTs and I got a ride to the hospital.

From the ER I had just about every test known to man during the next 12 hours. Lab tests, Cat scans, X-ray, MRI, and more I can’t even remember.

They finally decided it was gallstones in the bile duct causing the problem.

So, I was admitted.

Then on Wednesday, they removed some stones.

Then on Friday, they removed the gall bladder itself since it already had more stones just waiting for their chance to escape.

Sunday they transferred me to The Birches, the care center attached to our apartment complex.

Sunday is not a good day to arrive. They knew I was a fall risk but they didn’t have a walker waiting for me. Said I have to wait for PT on Monday to get one. Apparently I was supposed to simply sit in one chair without any bathroom breaks or anything until then.

Dave to the rescue! He called a friend of ours and borrowed a, not currently being used, walker.

So here I am, many days later, mostly sitting in an uncomfortable chair and doing exercises to get my strength and stamina back.

The strength is greatly improved but the stamina not so much. Time heals all wounds, right?

But, I sure would like to be home with comfortable chairs.

And with Dave who is much quicker to respond to my needs than the staff here.

But, I’m not quick either right now so I’m trying not to complain.

It’s not like I’m the only patient staff needs to attend to. Right?

TTYL,

Linda

I saw this and it seemed so perfect I had to share it:

TTYL,

Linda

I have cleared out my excess clothing.

I have cleared out the kitchen cupboards and drawers.

I have cleared out the junk food.

I have cleared out the unused apps on my computer.

I have cleared out the contacts on my phone of people I no longer have a relationship with.

Now I need to clear out my brain.

All those old messages that no longer apply to my life today.

All those memories I’d rather not remember.

All those to do things I really don’t want to do.

I wish I knew how to go about this final clearing out.

TTYL,

Linda

I never know what my more-or-less asleep brain is going to come up with.

One morning, it was a young mother in her kitchen.

She was pureeing vegetables then adding some type of thickener–maybe arrowroot.

Then she put that into candy molds.

One set of carrots, one set of celery, and I don’t know what else.

Somehow those firmed up and she popped them out of the molds.

She was making treats for her kids.

Who, apparently, think they are candy.

Tricky mom.

TTYL,

Linda

I was with Dave’s family at a small, downhill ski facility.

As I approached the rope tow, I saw people sprawled in a line up the hill.

Later I learned what happed when Carl said, ”I learned something today.

If you fall, don’t twang the rope.

What rope do you need to carefully let go of?

TTYL,

Linda